Question

A car travels from a to b at a speed of 20 km per hour and returns at a speed of 30 km per hour the average speed of the car for the whole journey is a) 25 km/hr b) 24 km per hour c)50 km per hour d) 5 km per hour

Answer 1

50/2 =25 m/s is the answer for particular question

Answer 2

Hii frnd..

the speed average is 

Total average speed is simply = Total distance/Total time 
Lets say, 
D = distance travelled by the car in EACH direction 
t1 = time spent on onward trip 
t2 = time spent on return trip 
Thus, the total distance travelled by the car = D+D= 2D 
And, by the formula, Speed = Distance/Time 
S1 = D/t1 => t1 = D/S1 
S2 = D/t2 => t2 = D/S2 
Total average speed = Total Distance/Total time = 2D/(t1+t2) = 2D/(D/S1+D/S2) = 2S1*S2/(S1+S2) 

Remember this general formula for a total average speed problems: 
Total average speed = 2S1*S2/(S1+S2) 

So in the question S1 = 20km/hr 

                         &S2 = 30km/hr

So av. speed = 2 x 20 x 30/20+30

                   = 24km/hr

= 2d/ (d/10) = 20 km/hr